[Cialug] Mythbuntu

[Matt Stanton]

I have one, but I only just got it two weeks ago and haven't gotten myth working with it...  I had it scan for channels successfully, but could never even get it to watch live tv, though I think I got it to tune and crash with the hdhomerun application that opens a stream in a video player.  Unfortunately, the cpu power of that backend isn't good enough for playback.

I may just need to use a better PC for the backend.  Until then, I can't report on the reliability of the tuners.  I got it, though, because it is simply the most recommended tuner in the Linux/MythTV community (as far as I have seen on forums and such).

-- Matt
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-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Standfest <michael at standfest.org>
To: cialug at cialug.org
Sent: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mythbuntu

When I had both tuners on the Silicon HD configured manually by IP
address, the second tuner (labeled tuner 1) was truncating recordings.
 When I configured both tuners by Device ID after searching for them
using the proper utility, the first tuner truncates recordings
(labeled tuner 0).

Last night, I deleted all the cards and configured the first Silicon
HD tuner by device ID, ignored the second tuner on it and configured
the pchdtv 5500.  That appears to have properly recorded everything
from last night, but again, I'm not using the second tuner at all on
the Silicon HD, thus defeating the purpose of a dual tuner card.

That being said, I'm wondering if I were to reconfigure the Silicon HD
tuner by device ID and just configure tuner 0 and enable the multiple
recordings, if that would work, but I'm at work right now so I can't
do that.

Does anyone on the list have the Silicon HD dual tuner?  I'm curious
how someone might have it configured correctly and working.

Thanks again,
Michael

> sorry if this was mentioned and i missed it but do you know which tuner is
> recording the truncated shows?  I've had issues with my HDHomerun locking up
> on me in the past.
>
> --Justin
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